Tuesday, January 30


1) Quiz on Chapter 2: Population and Health

2) Begin Migration Unit: Guiding Questions
  • Where are people migrating, and why?
  • A review of Push and Pull Factors
  • What are the consequences of growing urban development?

For tomorrow, read Key Issue 1 in the textbook: pp. 79-83

Wednesday, January 31


1) In groups, drawing upon your own knowledge (without doing research), try to trace the following patterns of migration on a printed copy of a blank world map, using color-coded arrows to indicate the movement of two different groups:

The migration of two group of people of your choice in the past (the Irish, the African Slave Trade, or the Jews).
2) Introduce key concepts on Migration:




Main presentation on Chapter 3: Migration

3) Open the AP Human Geography Study Guide (in Google Classroom) and add the following terms. Allow the existing ones to move down (do not delete them):

16. Migration Transition Model
17. Migration types:
immigration
emigration
international migration: voluntary
international migration: forced
internal migration: interregional
internal migration: intraregional
net in-migration
net out-migration
18. Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration


Using the website Migration Patterns (from Hans Rosling's Twitter) choose one country and explain its potential push/pull factors for out-migration:
  • Why are certain countries places of destination?
  • What surprises you about who is coming to and from these countries?

EXTENSION:
4) If time permits, show this site: Journey of Mankind, and this one (open and scroll down to third map) In and Out Migration: San Antonio

5) If time permits, watch this documentary (10 minutes long) that explores the concept of internal migration: "Restless in China"
  • What kind of migration is taking place and what are the push/pull factors?

Another resource: Interactive World Migration Map shows inward/outward movement of people from a selected country to the other countries where they relocated. The data is from 2011.


For tomorrow, read Key Issue 2, pp. 84-91.

Thursday, February 1

1) Watch How Do You Decide Where to Go in a Zombie Apocalypse? (TED Talk, 3:39, click on "Watch" on right side of page.)

2) Discuss these questions:
  • Who is migrating?
  • Where are they migrating?
  • What are the consequences of migration?

3) Look at this Global Migration Snapshot(interactive map). Discuss as a class: What can you determine about the consequences of migration?

Another resource: Interactive World Migration Map shows inward/outward movement of people from a selected country to the other countries where they relocated. The data is from 2011.

4) Continue lecture on migration: Key Issue 2


Enrichment (if time permits):

For tomorrow, read Key Issue 3 in your textbook, pp. 92-95


Friday, February 2

Bell Ringer (4th): Mapping Migration in America

1) Migration Slides (slides 16-29)


2) Read and analyze Two Articles, Two Perspectives: Migration to Urban Areas (1,400 words total)

Homework: read and discuss New York Times article: Global Migration: A World on the Move (3,400 words)
AND finish reading chapter 3 (pp. 96-103)

Monday, February 5

1) Finish slides for Chapter 3 (link above).
2) Read/discuss article from Pew Research Center: More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the US
    • Complete Notecard with Sentence Stems:
      • COMMENT: I think that...This is interesting/confusing/etc. because...
      • CONNECTION: This reminds me of...
      • CLARIFY: Now I understand...At first I thought (fill in the blank), but now I think...


Tuesday and Wednesday, February 6 and 7

1) Watch this video: Climate Change Migration (12:51)

2) In pairs, Text Based Analysis: FIND NEW TEXT ON MIGRATION'S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR VICE-VERSA (for example, in Germany, media is focused on the Syrian migrants who are leaving because the agricultural areas in Germany are suffering from drought, but once they get to the new places, they cause more issues). In THIS SPREADSHEET, record the following:
  • your NAMES
  • a LINK to the article
  • SUMMARY: What is the main idea of the article?

3) Continue notes on this chapter. Review slides.
4) Take quiz.